Job summary
This is a job for female applicants only because of the sensitive nature of the work as described below. This role is part of the overall Psychological and Psychological Therapies provision for clients who have severe and complex mental health issues.
You will be a co-facilitator of a specialist therapy group for women who are survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, working in a beautiful building with a dedicated group room. The Briars also has lovely grounds to work in when appropriate and suitable equipment to facilitate a creative and embodied approach to the therapy.
- Part time 15 hours per week (0.4 wte)
Main duties of the job
The main duties include triaging, assessing, planning, and co- facilitating the therapy group for women who have survived Childhood Sexual Abuse as well as individual support for these women during the programme and some individual support for the corresponding men's group.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
Our values
We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess and demonstrate the behaviours which underpin the core values of our organisation. These values include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health & learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
The
principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health &
wellbeing of people with a history of childhood sexual abuse.
This
will be achieved in this post through undertaking the following areas of
responsibility:
- Carry
out consults in specialist area of work with professionals wishing to make
referrals, to determine suitability
- Undertake
independent specialist
assessments of individuals and their needs, leading to advice and guidance for
individuals and referrers as well as assessment of suitability for specialist
interventions and contribute to the development and review of risk
management plans with professional colleagues.
- Design
and provide a groupwork model of Psychological Therapy to people with a history
of childhood sexual abuse including any individual work that may be a part of
that model.
- Provide
clinical supervision where appropriate in highly specialist area
- Provide specialist advice and information to
service users, their family members and carers
- Provide information and provide
training to colleagues within DPT in relation to the model of therapy
and the suitability of service users to take part in a model of trauma therapy
for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse
- To work within professional guidelines
Communication and Working Relationship Skills
- Clients, family and carers: To communicate in a highly skilled and
sensitive manner with clients who may have specific difficulties in
understand and/or communicating and who may be hostile, antagonistic or
highly emotionally disturbed.
- Multidisciplinary team colleagues:To work closely with colleagues in the
multi-professional integrated mental health and wellbeing service on a day to
day basis.
- Health & social care staff:To communicate with a wide range of health
& social care staff in hospital and in community settings in a highly
skilled and sensitive manner, complex and sensitive information concerning
the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under the
services care. To provide support & guidance in the application of
psychological principles and techniques, and to foster reflective practice.
- Senior managers & professional staff: To maintain and build good working
relationships with senior professional staff and managers across the
Psychology and Therapy service and in DPT to foster a positive approach to
the integrated mental health and wellbeing service and to enable effective
negotiation.
Analytical and
Judgemental Skills
- To
provide specialist psychological therapy expertise and advice to people with a history
of childhood sexual abuse within PPT.
- To
provide psychological therapies, developing specialist psychological
formulations and assessments of clients, offering
specialist assessments of individuals and their needs, leading to advice and
guidance for individuals and referrers as well as assessment of suitability for
specialist interventions, formulating
plans
for their psychological treatment and implementing psychological interventions
for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse as individuals and in
groups.
- Undertake risk assessments and develop
a formulation of risk which will contribute to the development of risk
management plans with professional colleagues as appropriate. Ensure
the continuous re-evaluation of individuals needs and clinical risk situations
and use clinical judgement to formulate the most appropriate clinical plan,
with professional colleagues as appropriate.
-
To provide specialist clinical therapies expertise
and advice
Planning and Organisational Skills
- The
service: To plan and prioritise own
workload, balancing the demands of
individual care, support and guidance of carers and professionals and
service research and development activities. To
contribute to the planning and organising of the delivery of
psychological trauma therapies within Devon Partnership NHS Trust and to contribute to the development and
improvement of provision of
psychological therapy for people with a history of childhood sexual
abuse within services to best meet the
organisations strategy and priorities.
- The
multidisciplinary service: To
provide trauma therapy model Psychological Therapies knowledge to the
multi-professional planning, development and marketing of mental health and
wellbeing services.
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and
Therapy
- Assessment
& intervention:To
make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about assessment, treatment and
discharge, including the management of risk. To formulate plans for
psychological therapy and implement specialist psychological interventions
for women as individuals and groups, and to demonstrate awareness of
diversity issues.
- Consultation
& guidance:To
provide specialist advice, guidance and consultation on psychological therapy
aspects of individual care to people with a history of childhood sexual abuse
to colleagues and other service
providers.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development
Implementation
- The post holder is responsible
for their own professional actions, acting within Trust policies and
procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines, working within clearly
defined occupational procedures
utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence
based practice in individual work within the PPT and local mental health
services.
- To support project work including specific areas of audit,
research or service evaluation as appropriate
- As a clinician to be responsible for collecting clinical
practice and outcome data that contributes to building practice based
evidence and service evaluation.
Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other
Resources
- Careful use of equipment.
Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision,
Training, HR Advice and Management
Leadership & supervision:
- To clinically supervise the work of less experienced psychological
therapy practitioners, trainees and assistants as required.
- To provide training as required and continuing
professional development in therapies / treatments
for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse.
Responsibility for Information Resources and
Administrative Duties
- To maintain accurate and timely records
compliant with Trust Practice Standards
- To be responsible for using an email
account to generate, monitor, and respond to the e-mail traffic by which the
Trust conducts much of its internal communication.
Responsibility for Research and Development
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to
support evidence based practice in individual work within the PPT and local
mental health services.
- To support project work including specific areas of audit,
research or service evaluation
- As a clinician to be responsible for collecting clinical
practice and outcome data that contributes to building practice based
evidence and service evaluation.
Freedom to Act
- The
post holder is accountable for their own professional actions, acting within
Trust policies and procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines
- To work autonomously within
the code of conduct and professional guidelines and ensure governance is
embedded within PPT. Implement policies in conjunction with peers, Head of
Profession and General Manager.
- To provide specialist
expertise and guidance and consultation on psychological aspects of patient
care to other service providers, clients, supporters and families
Any Other Specific Tasks Required
- To contribute to ensuring all clinical care and
treatment provided by Psychological therapists is carried out under appropriate
supervision and leadership.
- To contribute to ensuring that all Psychological
therapists continuously update the skills and techniques relevant to their
clinical work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
The
principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health &
wellbeing of people with a history of childhood sexual abuse.
This
will be achieved in this post through undertaking the following areas of
responsibility:
- Carry
out consults in specialist area of work with professionals wishing to make
referrals, to determine suitability
- Undertake
independent specialist
assessments of individuals and their needs, leading to advice and guidance for
individuals and referrers as well as assessment of suitability for specialist
interventions and contribute to the development and review of risk
management plans with professional colleagues.
- Design
and provide a groupwork model of Psychological Therapy to people with a history
of childhood sexual abuse including any individual work that may be a part of
that model.
- Provide
clinical supervision where appropriate in highly specialist area
- Provide specialist advice and information to
service users, their family members and carers
- Provide information and provide
training to colleagues within DPT in relation to the model of therapy
and the suitability of service users to take part in a model of trauma therapy
for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse
- To work within professional guidelines
Communication and Working Relationship Skills
- Clients, family and carers: To communicate in a highly skilled and
sensitive manner with clients who may have specific difficulties in
understand and/or communicating and who may be hostile, antagonistic or
highly emotionally disturbed.
- Multidisciplinary team colleagues:To work closely with colleagues in the
multi-professional integrated mental health and wellbeing service on a day to
day basis.
- Health & social care staff:To communicate with a wide range of health
& social care staff in hospital and in community settings in a highly
skilled and sensitive manner, complex and sensitive information concerning
the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under the
services care. To provide support & guidance in the application of
psychological principles and techniques, and to foster reflective practice.
- Senior managers & professional staff: To maintain and build good working
relationships with senior professional staff and managers across the
Psychology and Therapy service and in DPT to foster a positive approach to
the integrated mental health and wellbeing service and to enable effective
negotiation.
Analytical and
Judgemental Skills
- To
provide specialist psychological therapy expertise and advice to people with a history
of childhood sexual abuse within PPT.
- To
provide psychological therapies, developing specialist psychological
formulations and assessments of clients, offering
specialist assessments of individuals and their needs, leading to advice and
guidance for individuals and referrers as well as assessment of suitability for
specialist interventions, formulating
plans
for their psychological treatment and implementing psychological interventions
for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse as individuals and in
groups.
- Undertake risk assessments and develop
a formulation of risk which will contribute to the development of risk
management plans with professional colleagues as appropriate. Ensure
the continuous re-evaluation of individuals needs and clinical risk situations
and use clinical judgement to formulate the most appropriate clinical plan,
with professional colleagues as appropriate.
-
To provide specialist clinical therapies expertise
and advice
Planning and Organisational Skills
- The
service: To plan and prioritise own
workload, balancing the demands of
individual care, support and guidance of carers and professionals and
service research and development activities. To
contribute to the planning and organising of the delivery of
psychological trauma therapies within Devon Partnership NHS Trust and to contribute to the development and
improvement of provision of
psychological therapy for people with a history of childhood sexual
abuse within services to best meet the
organisations strategy and priorities.
- The
multidisciplinary service: To
provide trauma therapy model Psychological Therapies knowledge to the
multi-professional planning, development and marketing of mental health and
wellbeing services.
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and
Therapy
- Assessment
& intervention:To
make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about assessment, treatment and
discharge, including the management of risk. To formulate plans for
psychological therapy and implement specialist psychological interventions
for women as individuals and groups, and to demonstrate awareness of
diversity issues.
- Consultation
& guidance:To
provide specialist advice, guidance and consultation on psychological therapy
aspects of individual care to people with a history of childhood sexual abuse
to colleagues and other service
providers.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development
Implementation
- The post holder is responsible
for their own professional actions, acting within Trust policies and
procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines, working within clearly
defined occupational procedures
utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence
based practice in individual work within the PPT and local mental health
services.
- To support project work including specific areas of audit,
research or service evaluation as appropriate
- As a clinician to be responsible for collecting clinical
practice and outcome data that contributes to building practice based
evidence and service evaluation.
Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other
Resources
- Careful use of equipment.
Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision,
Training, HR Advice and Management
Leadership & supervision:
- To clinically supervise the work of less experienced psychological
therapy practitioners, trainees and assistants as required.
- To provide training as required and continuing
professional development in therapies / treatments
for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse.
Responsibility for Information Resources and
Administrative Duties
- To maintain accurate and timely records
compliant with Trust Practice Standards
- To be responsible for using an email
account to generate, monitor, and respond to the e-mail traffic by which the
Trust conducts much of its internal communication.
Responsibility for Research and Development
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to
support evidence based practice in individual work within the PPT and local
mental health services.
- To support project work including specific areas of audit,
research or service evaluation
- As a clinician to be responsible for collecting clinical
practice and outcome data that contributes to building practice based
evidence and service evaluation.
Freedom to Act
- The
post holder is accountable for their own professional actions, acting within
Trust policies and procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines
- To work autonomously within
the code of conduct and professional guidelines and ensure governance is
embedded within PPT. Implement policies in conjunction with peers, Head of
Profession and General Manager.
- To provide specialist
expertise and guidance and consultation on psychological aspects of patient
care to other service providers, clients, supporters and families
Any Other Specific Tasks Required
- To contribute to ensuring all clinical care and
treatment provided by Psychological therapists is carried out under appropriate
supervision and leadership.
- To contribute to ensuring that all Psychological
therapists continuously update the skills and techniques relevant to their
clinical work.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge and familiarity of specialist services; and of the services in the NHS where psychology and psychological therapies is commonly applied.
- An in-depth understanding of providing psychological therapy for people presenting with Complex trauma experiences
- Knowledge of Trauma Interventions and Trauma Informed Practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Psychological Therapists need to be trained to masters level or equivalent in a specific psychological therapy and registered with an appropriate recognised professional body e.g. HCPC, UKCP, BABCP. BACP or other relevant PSA accredited body or Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) and eligible for Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society and Registered with HCPC.
- Further training in specialist area (Psychological Trauma)
- IT skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings, including community, and in-patient settings.
- Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality
- Experience gained during supervised training in working with people with a history of childhood sexual abuse
Desirable
- Experience of small scale project management
Other
Essential
- This is a job for female applicants only because of the sensitive nature of the work as described. Please confirm that you are female in the box below.
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills
- Ability to integrate complex data; make evaluations formulations and decisions
- Organisation and time management skills
- Ability to work independently within defined occupational procedures and use initiative working with people with a history of childhood sexual abuse
- Ability to work as a member of a clinical team.
- Ability to tolerate ambiguity, and maintain own morale and motivation in challenging service delivery contexts.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge and familiarity of specialist services; and of the services in the NHS where psychology and psychological therapies is commonly applied.
- An in-depth understanding of providing psychological therapy for people presenting with Complex trauma experiences
- Knowledge of Trauma Interventions and Trauma Informed Practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Psychological Therapists need to be trained to masters level or equivalent in a specific psychological therapy and registered with an appropriate recognised professional body e.g. HCPC, UKCP, BABCP. BACP or other relevant PSA accredited body or Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) and eligible for Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society and Registered with HCPC.
- Further training in specialist area (Psychological Trauma)
- IT skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings, including community, and in-patient settings.
- Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality
- Experience gained during supervised training in working with people with a history of childhood sexual abuse
Desirable
- Experience of small scale project management
Other
Essential
- This is a job for female applicants only because of the sensitive nature of the work as described. Please confirm that you are female in the box below.
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills
- Ability to integrate complex data; make evaluations formulations and decisions
- Organisation and time management skills
- Ability to work independently within defined occupational procedures and use initiative working with people with a history of childhood sexual abuse
- Ability to work as a member of a clinical team.
- Ability to tolerate ambiguity, and maintain own morale and motivation in challenging service delivery contexts.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).